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Quoted in TOI Mumbai today

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14 Nov 2008

I got quoted in the Times of India, Mumbai edition today. (link).

Here is the complete article
MUMBAI: It’s not just CAT__the Common Admission Test to the coveted IIMs__that’s going online from next year. An increasing number of students are logging on to web portals for CAT coaching.
While online has been around for a while, it has [...]

Bill Gates pays a visit to Eko.co.in

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10 Nov 2008

The first time I had heard of Eko, I couldn’t resist the temptation to drop an email to its founders and ask if I could do anything for them. The moment you read up about what they are doing, you just want to be a part of it. (Though I never really made their website)
I [...]

Chrome is to Gears as Orkut is to Gtalk

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9 Sep 2008

Google Chrome is the hot new browser which has taken the tech world by storm. Nobody can keep their mouth shut about it yet. Every tom, dick and harry has posted their opinion on the brand new slick browser by the ‘almost evil’ Google.
I like the new toy, and have been wasting a lot of [...]

Apple Iphone would cost 31k in India

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20 Aug 2008

When the Apple iPhone first came out, it cost $499 (Rs 21,819) in the US markets.
But since that was too high, it was brought down to $399 (Rs 17,446). This was become Apple decided to make just about $80 (Rs 3,498) from the direct sale of the iPhone. Though, Steve Jobs negotiations with AT&T meant [...]

The Desi (Martini) Deal

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20 Dec 2007

Getting funding is easy.
Recently, I had read Sujai Karampuri, founder of Sloka Telecom (henceforth, the Sloka guy) ranting about the fact that VCs were shying away from funding his company. I felt bad for for about half a second because it looks like a great idea, but then I moved on hoping that somebody on [...]

Link Sutra : The latest from the Indian Online Industry

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1 Aug 2007

Mumbai Ambulance Service gets $1.5 million Funding from New York’s Acumen Fund (via VCCircle)
SlideShare launches SlideCasting (link)
BlogWorks launches Ad Affiliate Network (via IndiaPRWire)
Yahoo launches Advertising Network for India (via CS)
Komli launches loan site LoanRaja (via VCCirle) | Komli CEO Blog
Paymate fixes up with ING Vyasa to make payment of insurance premiums via the mobile (via [...]

Amp’d burns $460 million in two years.. How?

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1 Aug 2007

How can you burn $460 million in two years?
Amp’d Mobile, a mobile company based in the Silicon Valley, recently declared bankruptcy about tow months back with a debt of about $100 million. The company had picked up around $360 million in funding over the last two years. Venture Beat has the story on how the [...]

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30 Jul 2007

LiveMint.com coveres three Indian Startups (link) which includes Pune-based Paahijen.com
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Also, TIE-ISB connect is here again. The last date for submitting applications is the 31st of August. (link)

First Lawsuit against Apple’s Iphone

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28 Jul 2007

The first lawsuit against Apple’s IPhone has been filed.
DailyTech reports
One iPhone customer wasn’t happy at all with the iPhone’s battery life or the two alternatives to replacing a defective battery and filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple as a result. In the suit, Jose Trujillo claims that:
Unknown to the Plaintiff, and undisclosed to the public, [...]

Proto Profiles : The Hottest Startups in Asia

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27 Jul 2007

Here is the list of the Hottest Startups in Asia, which featured on the Second Edition of Proto.in on the 21st and 22nd of July 2007.
(via the Proto.in website, the cool flash via Scribd)
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